Home Improvement Today?

I had an electrical outlet installed in my garage. For some stupid reason the builder put one plug in the garage and no where near the garage doors. Now I can plug in my pressure washer or vacuum cleaner to clean out the cars.

 

electrical code only requires one outlet per garage stall, with older code versions(i'm seeing pre-2017 electric code) only requiring one outlet.

blame the people that built the house for accepting the minimum code, not the builder for doing it.

 

Looking real good. In general things seem to be more expensive in CT.

 

Tomorrow is going to be busy. Got a trailer full of lumber today...

 

I would agree, the northeast in general seems to be pricier than other areas of the country with some exceptions I’m sure. I’m in MA on the border to CT and we see similar pricing.

Did get a drywall quote this morning for 2300 to come in, hang 5-6 new sheets where we tore some old stuff out, tape and mud, then skim coat the entire room (walls and ceilings) for 2300 cash which I was happy with. He said he typically charges around 2.50 a square foot for these jobs. He’s done work for us before and we were very happy so I’ll take it. Before and after from the prior work.

 

Looks professional

 

Wrapped up this deck refresh project today (day 4). Replaced old punky cedar decking with PT. Added the blocking for the 2 perpendicular pieces. This allowed for zero butt joints as the deck is 32' long. Had to replace some deteriorated aluminum ledger flashing, had to sister up a few joists due to dry rot along top edge (mostly where the old butt joints were located) and had to reinforce some very poorly secured posts. Pulled about 1200 undersized SS nails. Oh, and used joist tape on deck and stairs.